Category: Home Appliances
Mirage Home Bar – a large, metal object with no beer included
It’d be hard to claim that the Mirage Home Bar was good value for money at £2,299, especially as it could quite easily be a large metal mantelpiece
IFA 2008: Compositor Media Streamer
Turns out that Brits are the biggest consumers of digital photo frames in the world – god knows why. They're expensive and not very useful. However, upping the usefulness of these devices is the Compositor Media Streamer. It lets you stream all kinds of content – photos, videos, even movies to a bunch of frames around your house. Susi from ShinyShiny has had a look…
IFA 2008: iRobot automated vacuum cleaners
I tell you, this IFA place is great. The show has barely begun and already I’m getting excited about the pending UK release of robotic hoovers. This is actually a little footage I grabbed last night of the Roomba and Scoomba…
Silent alarm clock – with this ring, I thee wake
The Silent Alarm clock concept design has hit me right where it hurts – the bags under my eyes. I go to bed later than my girlfriend and she gets up earlier than me through a lengthly process of around five snoozes. I love being woken up every 10 minutes during my last hour of sleep. It means I get up so refreshed.
So rather than throttle my loved one, I’d like to get my hands on Johan Brengesjo’s brain child which wakes you up with wireless, soundless, vibrating rings for two…
Scope Clock takes aim at style-conscious consumers
Cathode ray tubes aren’t old-hat now we have flatscreen TVs – it turns out that they have another use: making damn cool clocks…
Cook at the table with the Electrolux adaptable cooking grill
If there’s one thing I like when entertaining at home, it’s getting guests to do as much of the work as possible. That’s why this adaptable cooking grill from Electrolux is so great.
It features a variety of ceramic hot plates which food can be fried on directly, or pots placed on for boiling. That way your dinner guests can cook things the way they like and only have themselves to blame if it’s under or overcooked…
It's dark. You can't find the thing you need. You need a Night Coaster.
This is a nice and simple gadget, and I like nice and simple gadgets.
The problem: You wake in the night and you need to take some medication / answer your mobile / put your glasses on – but it is too dark.
The answer: Night Coaster sits on your bedside table with your medication / mobile phone / pair of glasses on it’s surface. By simply waving your hand over the Coaster, a soft blue light is emitted and you are able to retrieve your item.
AlertMe home intruder alarm – is this home security for the internet generation?
Seeing as I work from home, I don’t have an awful lot of use for home security gadgets. However, it struck me, during a recent power cut (when nearly every house in the local vicinity decided to chime their annoyance at the lack of electricity throughout the remainder of the afternoon) that standard burglar alarms are pretty much useless.
Freud Coffee maker makes coffee, looks nice
Say hello to the Freud coffee maker. It is not named after the famous psychologist who thought everything looked like willies and that everyone secretly harboured Oedipus complexes. It is named after because it was designed in a cafe in London’s Neal Yard, called Frevd [sic – oldwoldy spelling alert].
Football Fridge – the perfect away day accompaniment
So you can get them in USB form but now, they don’t just have a 12V attachment, they come in novelty too. Behold, the football fridge!
Yes, this little baby ball will keep your six pack cold…
